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'''Alice Balint''' (born Alice Székely-Kovács) (1898--1939)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Balint-Székely-Kovács, Alice (1898-1939) {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/psychology/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/balint-szekely-kovacs-alice-1898-1939|access-date=2021-09-07|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> was a Hungarian [[Psychoanalysis|psychoanalyst]].
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'''Alice Balint''' (born '''Alice Székely-Kovács'''; 1898{{En dash}}1939)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Balint-Székely-Kovács, Alice (1898–1939) |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/psychology/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/balint-szekely-kovacs-alice-1898-1939|access-date=2021-09-07}}</ref> was a Hungarian [[Psychoanalysis|psychoanalyst]].


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Balint's mother, Vilma Kovács, had also been a psychoanalyst.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Meszaros|first=Judit|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p0VaDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA146&dq=alice+balint+Ferenczi&q=alice+balint+Ferenczi&hl=en|title=Ferenczi and Beyond: Exile of the Budapest School and Solidarity in the Psychoanalytic Movement During the Nazi Years|date=2018-05-08|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-429-89947-8|pages=146|language=en}}</ref> Balint was also a childhood friend of [[Margaret Mahler]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Edward|first=Joyce|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NgApGfbRJiIC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA307&dq=alice+balint+Ferenczi&q=alice+balint+Ferenczi&hl=en|title=Separation/individuation: Theory and Application|last2=Ruskin|first2=Nathene|last3=Turrini|first3=Patsy|date=1992|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-87630-697-0|pages=307|language=en}}</ref>
Balint's mother, Vilma Kovács, had also been a psychoanalyst.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Meszaros|first=Judit|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p0VaDwAAQBAJ&q=alice+balint+Ferenczi&pg=PA146|title=Ferenczi and Beyond: Exile of the Budapest School and Solidarity in the Psychoanalytic Movement During the Nazi Years|date=2018-05-08|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-429-89947-8|pages=146|language=en}}</ref> Balint was also a childhood friend of [[Margaret Mahler]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Edward|first1=Joyce|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NgApGfbRJiIC&q=alice+balint+Ferenczi&pg=PA307|title=Separation/individuation: Theory and Application|last2=Ruskin|first2=Nathene|last3=Turrini|first3=Patsy|date=1992|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-87630-697-0|pages=307|language=en}}</ref>


She married [[Michael Balint]], also a psychoanalyst, in 1920.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rachman|first=Arnold WM|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VLVTDAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA140&dq=%22alice+balint%22+1939&q=%22alice+balint%22+1939&hl=en|title=The Budapest School of Psychoanalysis: The Origin of a Two-Person Psychology and Emphatic Perspective|date=2016-06-10|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-24456-1|language=en}}</ref> The two soon moved from Hungary to Berlin.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Lakasing|first=Edin|date=2005-09-01|title=Michael Balint — an outstanding medical life|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1464079/|journal=The British Journal of General Practice|volume=55|issue=518|pages=724–725|issn=0960-1643|pmc=1464079|pmid=16176748}}</ref> However, they returned to Budapest in 1924, and lived at No.12 Mészáros Street, five floors above the Hungarian Psychoanalytical Society's Polyclinic, which opened in 1931.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Meszaros|first=Judit|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p0VaDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA143&dq=alice+balint+Ferenczi&q=alice+balint+Ferenczi&hl=en|title=Ferenczi and Beyond: Exile of the Budapest School and Solidarity in the Psychoanalytic Movement During the Nazi Years|date=2018-05-08|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-429-89947-8|language=en}}</ref>
She married [[Michael Balint]], also a psychoanalyst, in 1920.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rachman|first=Arnold WM|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VLVTDAAAQBAJ&q=%22alice+balint%22+1939&pg=PA140|title=The Budapest School of Psychoanalysis: The Origin of a Two-Person Psychology and Emphatic Perspective|date=2016-06-10|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-24456-1|language=en}}</ref> The two soon moved from Hungary to Berlin.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Lakasing|first=Edin|date=2005-09-01|title=Michael Balint — an outstanding medical life|journal=The British Journal of General Practice|volume=55|issue=518|pages=724–725|issn=0960-1643|pmc=1464079|pmid=16176748}}</ref> However, they returned to Budapest in 1924, and lived at No.12 Mészáros Street, five floors above the Hungarian Psychoanalytical Society's Polyclinic, which opened in 1931.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Meszaros|first=Judit|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p0VaDwAAQBAJ&q=alice+balint+Ferenczi&pg=PA143|title=Ferenczi and Beyond: Exile of the Budapest School and Solidarity in the Psychoanalytic Movement During the Nazi Years|date=2018-05-08|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-429-89947-8|language=en}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Balint wrote the book ''The Psychoanalysis of the Nursery'',<ref>{{Cite book|last=Balint|first=Alice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J6bhCgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22alice+balint%22+1939&hl=en|title=The Psycho-Analysis of the Nursery|date=2015-11-06|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-37392-6|language=en}}</ref> which was first published in Hungarian in 1931, and later in German, Spanish, and French.<ref name=":0" /> Balint planned to translate it into English herself, but died before being able to. It was published in English in 1953.<ref name=":0" />
Balint wrote the book ''The Psychoanalysis of the Nursery'',<ref>{{Cite book|last=Balint|first=Alice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J6bhCgAAQBAJ&q=%22alice+balint%22+1939|title=The Psycho-Analysis of the Nursery|date=2015-11-06|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-37392-6|language=en}}</ref> which was first published in Hungarian in 1931, and later in German, Spanish, French, and English.<ref name=":0" /> Balint planned to translate it into English herself, but died before being able to. It was published in English in 1953.<ref name=":0" />


Balint, her husband, and their son moved to [[Manchester]] in 1939, as did many other Hungarian psychoanalysts who were anxious about [[World War II]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Meszaros|first=Judit|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p0VaDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PR14&dq=alice+balint+Ferenczi&q=alice+balint+Ferenczi&hl=en|title=Ferenczi and Beyond: Exile of the Budapest School and Solidarity in the Psychoanalytic Movement During the Nazi Years|date=2018-05-08|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-429-89947-8|pages=xiv|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mészáros|first=Judit|date=2017|title=The saga of psychoanalysis in Eastern Europe: repression and rebirth in Hungary, and in former Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia|url=https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-59702017000400007|journal=História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos|volume=24|issue=suppl 1|pages=91–103|doi=10.1590/s0104-59702017000400007|issn=1678-4758}}</ref> Balint died later that year of a ruptured [[aortic aneurysm]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Borgos|first=Anna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6jEzEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT135&dq=%22alice+balint%22+1939&q=%22alice+balint%22+1939&hl=en|title=Women in the Budapest School of Psychoanalysis: Girls of Tomorrow|date=2021-07-29|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-000-41343-4|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Sulz|first=Serge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=buhLBgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA29&dq=geza+roheim+balint&q=geza+roheim+balint&hl=en|title=European Psychotherapy 2014/2015: Austria: Home of the World's Psychotherapy|last2=Hagspiel|first2=Stefan|date=2015-02-18|publisher=BoD – Books on Demand|isbn=978-3-7347-5118-9|pages=29|language=en}}</ref> She and her husband left behind one son, John A. Balint (1925--2016).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Obituary of Dr. John A. Balint {{!}} Applebee Funeral Home|url=https://applebeefuneralhome.com/tribute/details/606/Dr-John-Balint/obituary.html|access-date=2021-09-07|website=applebeefuneralhome.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
Balint, her husband, and their son moved to [[Manchester]] in 1939, as did many other Hungarian psychoanalysts who were anxious about [[World War II]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Meszaros|first=Judit|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p0VaDwAAQBAJ&q=alice+balint+Ferenczi&pg=PR14|title=Ferenczi and Beyond: Exile of the Budapest School and Solidarity in the Psychoanalytic Movement During the Nazi Years|date=2018-05-08|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-429-89947-8|pages=xiv|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mészáros|first=Judit|date=2017|title=The saga of psychoanalysis in Eastern Europe: repression and rebirth in Hungary, and in former Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia|journal=História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos|volume=24|issue=suppl 1|pages=91–103|doi=10.1590/s0104-59702017000400007|pmid=29236810|issn=1678-4758|doi-access=free}}</ref> Balint died later that year of a ruptured [[aortic aneurysm]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Borgos|first=Anna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6jEzEAAAQBAJ&q=%22alice+balint%22+1939&pg=PT135|title=Women in the Budapest School of Psychoanalysis: Girls of Tomorrow|date=2021-07-29|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-000-41343-4|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Sulz|first1=Serge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=buhLBgAAQBAJ&q=geza+roheim+balint&pg=PA29|title=European Psychotherapy 2014/2015: Austria: Home of the World's Psychotherapy|last2=Hagspiel|first2=Stefan|date=2015-02-18|publisher=BoD – Books on Demand|isbn=978-3-7347-5118-9|pages=29|language=en}}</ref> She and her husband left behind one son, John A. Balint (1925–2016).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Obituary of Dr. John A. Balint {{!}} Applebee Funeral Home|url=https://applebeefuneralhome.com/tribute/details/606/Dr-John-Balint/obituary.html|access-date=2021-09-07|website=applebeefuneralhome.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 01:57, 27 May 2024

Alice Balint
Alice Bálint in Manchester, England (1939)
Born1898 (1898)
Died1939 (aged 40–41)
Spouse
(m. 1920)

Alice Balint (born Alice Székely-Kovács; 1898–1939)[1] was a Hungarian psychoanalyst.

Early life

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Balint's mother, Vilma Kovács, had also been a psychoanalyst.[2] Balint was also a childhood friend of Margaret Mahler.[3]

She married Michael Balint, also a psychoanalyst, in 1920.[4] The two soon moved from Hungary to Berlin.[5] However, they returned to Budapest in 1924, and lived at No.12 Mészáros Street, five floors above the Hungarian Psychoanalytical Society's Polyclinic, which opened in 1931.[5][6]

Career

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Balint wrote the book The Psychoanalysis of the Nursery,[7] which was first published in Hungarian in 1931, and later in German, Spanish, French, and English.[5] Balint planned to translate it into English herself, but died before being able to. It was published in English in 1953.[5]

Balint, her husband, and their son moved to Manchester in 1939, as did many other Hungarian psychoanalysts who were anxious about World War II.[5][8][9] Balint died later that year of a ruptured aortic aneurysm.[10][5][11] She and her husband left behind one son, John A. Balint (1925–2016).[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Balint-Székely-Kovács, Alice (1898–1939)". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  2. ^ Meszaros, Judit (8 May 2018). Ferenczi and Beyond: Exile of the Budapest School and Solidarity in the Psychoanalytic Movement During the Nazi Years. Routledge. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-429-89947-8.
  3. ^ Edward, Joyce; Ruskin, Nathene; Turrini, Patsy (1992). Separation/individuation: Theory and Application. Psychology Press. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-87630-697-0.
  4. ^ Rachman, Arnold WM (10 June 2016). The Budapest School of Psychoanalysis: The Origin of a Two-Person Psychology and Emphatic Perspective. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-24456-1.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Lakasing, Edin (1 September 2005). "Michael Balint — an outstanding medical life". The British Journal of General Practice. 55 (518): 724–725. ISSN 0960-1643. PMC 1464079. PMID 16176748.
  6. ^ Meszaros, Judit (8 May 2018). Ferenczi and Beyond: Exile of the Budapest School and Solidarity in the Psychoanalytic Movement During the Nazi Years. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-89947-8.
  7. ^ Balint, Alice (6 November 2015). The Psycho-Analysis of the Nursery. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-37392-6.
  8. ^ Meszaros, Judit (8 May 2018). Ferenczi and Beyond: Exile of the Budapest School and Solidarity in the Psychoanalytic Movement During the Nazi Years. Routledge. pp. xiv. ISBN 978-0-429-89947-8.
  9. ^ Mészáros, Judit (2017). "The saga of psychoanalysis in Eastern Europe: repression and rebirth in Hungary, and in former Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia". História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos. 24 (suppl 1): 91–103. doi:10.1590/s0104-59702017000400007. ISSN 1678-4758. PMID 29236810.
  10. ^ Borgos, Anna (29 July 2021). Women in the Budapest School of Psychoanalysis: Girls of Tomorrow. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-41343-4.
  11. ^ Sulz, Serge; Hagspiel, Stefan (18 February 2015). European Psychotherapy 2014/2015: Austria: Home of the World's Psychotherapy. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 29. ISBN 978-3-7347-5118-9.
  12. ^ "Obituary of Dr. John A. Balint | Applebee Funeral Home". applebeefuneralhome.com. Retrieved 7 September 2021.